Houston panchang, 24 August 2025
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 08:10 Bhadrapada month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 19:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:49
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:37 – 18:14
- Durmuhurta 18:07 – 18:59
- Rahu Kalam 18:14 – 19:51
- 13:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:51 to 06:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:51 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:05 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:36 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:37, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:37 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:36 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 02:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:05 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:07 – 18:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:14 – 19:51
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:27 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 22:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:35 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 10:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:09 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 06:56 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:55 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:24 Cancer
- 06:24 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 11:00 Virgo
- 11:00 – 13:20 Libra
- 13:20 – 15:39 Scorpio
- 15:39 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:24 Capricorn
- 19:24 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:14 Pisces
- 22:14 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:44 next day Taurus
- 01:44 – 03:58 next day Gemini
- 03:58 – 06:20 next day Cancer
- 06:20 – 06:56 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method